Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 17 FEB 1979 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Boeing 707-321C |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Trans Mediterranean Airways - TMA |
| Kennzeichen: | OD-AGO |
| Werknummer: | 19269/570 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 5 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 5 |
| Opfer des Zusammenstoßes: | Todesopfer: 1 |
| Sachschaden: | schwer beschädigt |
| Konsequenzen: | Repaired |
| Unfallort: | Taoyuan (Volksrepublik China) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
| Flug von: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand |
| Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taiwan |
Collided with Taiwan Air Force F-5 aircraft. The F-5 ripped off part of the Boeing's fin, causing the structure to lift, and the rear pressure bulkhead to fail. The freighter landed safely, but the F-5 crashed. The collision occurred at FL115.
Informationsquelle:
» Flight International 10.3.1979
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport as the crow flies is 2474 km (1546 miles).
Distance from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport as the crow flies is 2474 km (1546 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
